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they're trying to match up with guys like glenn beck and mark levine. you want prove? watch this wild and crazy set of reasons for opposing this deal. they oppose it because it funds the affordable care act. of course it does. it's law. the new budget deal moves in the wrong direction. it spends more taxes and allows continued funding for obamacare. i condition k. not support. okay that, is predictable. mike lee from utah told fox today that deal was literally putting lives in danger. >> i can't vote for a bill that i fundamentally disagree with. >> ryan murray budget was billowed around reversing billions of dollars in cuts to the military. the whole of this deal was to protect the military. anyway, then there is this bit of tortured logic from marco rubio. he says he's opposing the deal in part because it would shut down the government ultimately. he said, that's right. he actually said that and you heard it right. >> i don't want a shutdown. this contribute and we're going to have a real shutdown. it's not because we can't pass a law but because we have a debt crisi
they're trying to match up with guys like glenn beck and mark levine. you want prove? watch this wild and crazy set of reasons for opposing this deal. they oppose it because it funds the affordable care act. of course it does. it's law. the new budget deal moves in the wrong direction. it spends more taxes and allows continued funding for obamacare. i condition k. not support. okay that, is predictable. mike lee from utah told fox today that deal was literally putting lives in danger. >>...
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can adam levine sell it. celebrities, are sensitive around their own brand and protecting them, there has been messaging nightmares in and around the rollout, it is al most a testament to them believing in the goodness that it offers that you are getting people like adam levine to go out there and say, listen this thing is a big deal. go sign up for it. obama did well, fund-raising. celebrities on the campaign trail both times. people that are lil' to the president. they want to help him. they feel for him. think he is getting a tough ride here. a lot are at the moment. volunteering, funny or die put out videos which you showed. earlier this year. doing that as a volunteer effort. and really saying that, that they're in it for the long haul and they want to get young people signed up especially as the deadline gets closer. of course, young people have to soon up by december 23rd. to get coverage effective january 1st. all people do. >> it is worth, worth noting that even in, in flossie glossy hollywood tinsel
can adam levine sell it. celebrities, are sensitive around their own brand and protecting them, there has been messaging nightmares in and around the rollout, it is al most a testament to them believing in the goodness that it offers that you are getting people like adam levine to go out there and say, listen this thing is a big deal. go sign up for it. obama did well, fund-raising. celebrities on the campaign trail both times. people that are lil' to the president. they want to help him. they...
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with you pop. >> so, first, let me get your reaction to the counterproposal by senators mccain and levin. i'm sure you've looked at it by now. what do you think of it? >> absolutely. this proposal is all about not addressing the core problem paralyzing the senate. right now, the filibuster, as you described it, it's silent, it's secret, simply an objection to a simple majority vote. no talking required. therefore, no visibility, no time and energy, no accountability to the american people. on bill after bill that we wanted to pass, if the filibuster had had to be done out in open, before colleagues, before the public, we would have had the momentum to be able to get that legislation passed, because we were in sync with where the country wanted to go. but the group today put forward the proposal that basically is designed to pull the rug out of this reform effort. >> the argument that folks like senator mccain make is that, yeah, this might sound good to you now, be if you are in the minority, you are going to regret touching the filibuster at all, and you'll particularly regret setting a
with you pop. >> so, first, let me get your reaction to the counterproposal by senators mccain and levin. i'm sure you've looked at it by now. what do you think of it? >> absolutely. this proposal is all about not addressing the core problem paralyzing the senate. right now, the filibuster, as you described it, it's silent, it's secret, simply an objection to a simple majority vote. no talking required. therefore, no visibility, no time and energy, no accountability to the american...
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but sandy levin has a bill that is i'd wall. all bhoehner has to do is make those changes on the noor. the idea that they would love to pass this senate bill. but the constitution is stwandig in their way. okay, this is over. you are boeing to fold, when are you going to fold. the senate has lith rated tax bills many peoples. at an be stutionist's toog. the variety of of ways to get around that. but i want to listen to something within the host on foxness about how the president has handled this situation. >> he's basketball ueen using t great skill to shatter the doubt of the house. his objective from the very beginning was to break the will of the republicans and great an internal civil war. and he has done that. from insisting on day one that republicans have to race rates. he says that is what he will in visit upon flt he knew it will great a crisis and he did. >> between mcxho donald world al add. we are deeply think and al ilt ce in wonderland for hours before we hit the deadline. the idea of the tax bill, when i was liste
but sandy levin has a bill that is i'd wall. all bhoehner has to do is make those changes on the noor. the idea that they would love to pass this senate bill. but the constitution is stwandig in their way. okay, this is over. you are boeing to fold, when are you going to fold. the senate has lith rated tax bills many peoples. at an be stutionist's toog. the variety of of ways to get around that. but i want to listen to something within the host on foxness about how the president has handled...
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so you have a group of eight senators, led by carl levin from michigan and john mccain from arizona, remember that guy, trying to come up with a compromise deal and they are working behind the scenes furiouslism reid knows about this, so does the republican leader, mitch mcconnell. they are both looking at each other going we are the leaders of the senate and we are not leading on this. so they are in the year, probably around inaugural and at that point i suspect they will get consensus on what to do about filibuster reform. >> supreme being, jimmy williams -- >> i'm a red neck from south carolina. what is this stuff? come on, guys. >> as you know, i am a huge advocate for filibuster reform. i think we should get rid of the filibuster. a couple other ideas for reform of both the house and senate, one is nonpartisan redistricting reform nationwide, get rid of gerrymandering like what they have done in california. and the other is to make it easier to vote. i mean, right now we have partisans are the only ones willing to go to the polls and in florida you have people standing in line
so you have a group of eight senators, led by carl levin from michigan and john mccain from arizona, remember that guy, trying to come up with a compromise deal and they are working behind the scenes furiouslism reid knows about this, so does the republican leader, mitch mcconnell. they are both looking at each other going we are the leaders of the senate and we are not leading on this. so they are in the year, probably around inaugural and at that point i suspect they will get consensus on...
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democratic congressman sandra levin. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> we'll be hearing more from members of congress this morning. we have congressman robert dold who will be joining us at the top of the hour. sflimpl the showdown has world leaders and finance ministers on edge. governments around the globe are keeping a watchful eye on this congress. they're hoping for a last minute compromise. china, of course, the greatest amount of debt, more than $1 trillion in u.s. treasuries is particularly nervous. for more on the scene overseas, let's head overseas to nbc's tazine ahmad in london. europe and elsewhere still working their way on economic slump. what are the leaders saying? >> well, the beg concern is that if, indeed, there's not this translating into a new global economic crisis, financial markets in europe are still reeling and fragile after bailing out greece, and in france they're saying this will lead first to an economic crisis and a social one, and then a political crisis. germany is insisting that the
democratic congressman sandra levin. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> we'll be hearing more from members of congress this morning. we have congressman robert dold who will be joining us at the top of the hour. sflimpl the showdown has world leaders and finance ministers on edge. governments around the globe are keeping a watchful eye on this congress. they're hoping for a last minute compromise. china, of course, the greatest amount of debt, more than $1 trillion in u.s....
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>> i don't know what levin and glenn beck believe because it's too scary to look into their souls. while there's a fight between them and heritage action and boehner and cantor and republicans who want to be grown-ups in divided government, this is going to be arbitrated not by either side but by the republican/conservative base. one reason why the party and the tea party have lurched to the right is that's because where the votes have been for the last -- let me just finish. ever since obama started this gigantic backlash. they're going to be fighting, whether it's boehner or rush limbaugh, for the heart and soul of this extreme body that's taken over the -- >> what's the obama backlash? >> i mean once obama got elected. >> yeah. right. what do you do when you have a president you consider a left-wing guy for all other reasons? they think he's a left winger. what do you do? do you fight with him continu continually, say no, no, no until he's gone? eight years, the guy's gone. or say, -- boehner said, i'm 1 of the government, i'm the house, i don't have the senate, i don't have the
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the nick congressman sandy levin of michigan joins us. he's the ranking member on the ways and means committee. we've heard the president, we've heard mitch mcconnell, there any pressure that senate or house democrats can exert in this debate, or do you have to sit on your hands and wait to see what happens? >> the last thing we're doing is sitting on our hands. we're speak out. i was at home yesterday and talked about this issue. you know, i was reading a story from michigan about a michigan vet, a marine veteran who has been looking for work, who has had just odd jobs since '08, and he ended up afterwards saying he has to move out of his apartment. it's really touch-and-go. and the republicans in the house are out of touch, and we're speaking up, and insisting that we come back here and pass the bipartisan bill that passed the senate. for the lives of people, it's inexcusable, and we're speaking out on that. >> congressman, i want to ask you, the main pushback from house republicans is that two months doesn't provide any certainty for s
the nick congressman sandy levin of michigan joins us. he's the ranking member on the ways and means committee. we've heard the president, we've heard mitch mcconnell, there any pressure that senate or house democrats can exert in this debate, or do you have to sit on your hands and wait to see what happens? >> the last thing we're doing is sitting on our hands. we're speak out. i was at home yesterday and talked about this issue. you know, i was reading a story from michigan about a...
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senators john mccain, carl levin and diane feinstein sent a letter to sony. amy davidson is a senior editor at "the new yorker" magazine and wrote a column about it. good to have you here. so the senators, they came out staunchly against the film after seeing it saying it's perpetu e perpetuating a myth. your assessment of the film? are they right that the movie takes a little creative liberty with the tortures a sne s s ss? >> it did and there was an open letter saying the head of the cia had deep troubles with the ill families and not accurate in the description of what torture did for the united states. the reason they felt the need to speak out was because this was billed as the big movie that the cia cooperated with and the pentagon. opens with recordings of people dying in the world trade center and saying it's based on actual accounts and saying it has that and then make the case we needed torture to keep us safe, that torture got us bin laden, you could see why that's department lie disturbing if as people who have seen the intelligence say it's not t
senators john mccain, carl levin and diane feinstein sent a letter to sony. amy davidson is a senior editor at "the new yorker" magazine and wrote a column about it. good to have you here. so the senators, they came out staunchly against the film after seeing it saying it's perpetu e perpetuating a myth. your assessment of the film? are they right that the movie takes a little creative liberty with the tortures a sne s s ss? >> it did and there was an open letter saying the head...
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levin. >> -- representative richard neal, speaking live on the house floor as we wait for the up or down vote the bill passed in the senate today, so many hours later we do expect that vote to happen. we're watching them debate that on the floor. joining us now's one of those who will be voting very shortly, congressman peter welch. thank you for joining us. >> thank you knew what. >> what is your understanding of how the bill will pass? >> it is going to pass the republicans had a lot of consternation, they don't want the raise taxes, grover norquist was thrown to the floor in the senate and is about to be thrown to the floor in the house. there is a lot of things they don't like bottom line we all know we need revenues as part of the fiscal solution to reduce the debt. and secondly it is really important for the country to do things together. you know a divided congress is one thing, but a compromising congress is another. so we need to see that. the fights that we have that are very serious, they're going to continue. make no mistake about it. but bottom line this is going to put a si
levin. >> -- representative richard neal, speaking live on the house floor as we wait for the up or down vote the bill passed in the senate today, so many hours later we do expect that vote to happen. we're watching them debate that on the floor. joining us now's one of those who will be voting very shortly, congressman peter welch. thank you for joining us. >> thank you knew what. >> what is your understanding of how the bill will pass? >> it is going to pass the...
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. >> sandy levin, who is the ranking member, was on "the daily rundown" last hour. he was also calling for heads to roll. let me play that for you. >> sure. >> i think there's reason to believe that mr. miller should be released of his responsibilities as well as -- there was such total mismanagement. >> he was referring to acting irs chief steven miller and the top irs official, lois learner. elijah cummings says laws were probably broken. do you agree? >> from what i've heard, i do agree. i know an invest xwags is underway. we need to wait to hear all the facts, but if it appears this is what's happening, we need to hold people accountable. i have no hesitation with that. how far do you think the accountability will go? attorney general holder has been under fire when it was revealed that the justice department obtained those two months of phone records. reince priebus is calling for his resignation. i think the question of how long he plans to stay has been questions, do you believe he's still effective and could some fingers be pointed at him when he talk about
. >> sandy levin, who is the ranking member, was on "the daily rundown" last hour. he was also calling for heads to roll. let me play that for you. >> sure. >> i think there's reason to believe that mr. miller should be released of his responsibilities as well as -- there was such total mismanagement. >> he was referring to acting irs chief steven miller and the top irs official, lois learner. elijah cummings says laws were probably broken. do you agree?...
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senator carl levin is expected to oppose him and possibly senator mark pryor. the majority of the caucus is with him for this reason. we talked a lot in recent months about the gridlock in washington and how unhappy americans are with their congress. this mood is not going to take the temperature down in washington. it will make things more acrimonious even if it does push the obama nominations through more quickly. >> let's listen in again to what senator reid said a few moments ago on the senate floor. take a listen. >> the need for change is so, so very obvious. it's clearly visible. it's manifest we have to do something to change things. in the history of our country some 230-plus years there have been 168 filibusters of executive and judicial nominations. half of them have occurred during the obama administration. >> jimmy, you know, at the 11th hour in july they were able to hammer out a deal to avoid the so-called nuclear option. we know that senator john mccain was in harry reid's office yesterday in an attempt to broker a compromise at the 11th hour th
senator carl levin is expected to oppose him and possibly senator mark pryor. the majority of the caucus is with him for this reason. we talked a lot in recent months about the gridlock in washington and how unhappy americans are with their congress. this mood is not going to take the temperature down in washington. it will make things more acrimonious even if it does push the obama nominations through more quickly. >> let's listen in again to what senator reid said a few moments ago on...
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ted cruz, mark levine's radio show. >> you know it should have been the senate republicans that rhode like the calvary to support the courageous stand house republicans were taking. instead they became the air force bombing our own troops, bombing house republicans, bombing conservatives. and you can't win when one half of congress turns its cannons on the other half. >> steve, he loves military imagery being one of the many members of congress never would dream of being in the military himself. he is saying the senate republicans were bombing our own troops. his language is getting more inflammatory. >> the game that ted cruz plays. this is why, for everything you heard from mitch mcconnell, you heard from republicans, like mitch mcconnell, in the last 24 to 48 hours. we are not going to go down the road. i am skeptical. i have my doubts. the game ted cruz plays. takes obama care and takes the shut down. we have to force the shutdown. over obama care. what's coming from the other side. what plays into cruz's hand. from the rest of the republicans who don't want to do that. they're no
ted cruz, mark levine's radio show. >> you know it should have been the senate republicans that rhode like the calvary to support the courageous stand house republicans were taking. instead they became the air force bombing our own troops, bombing house republicans, bombing conservatives. and you can't win when one half of congress turns its cannons on the other half. >> steve, he loves military imagery being one of the many members of congress never would dream of being in the...
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mark levin has got the wrong guy. luckily he doesn't need to look too far to find who is responsible for organizing international harm to our nation. >> senator ted cruz, how are you, sir? >> mark, my friend, i'm doing great. it's great to be with you. >> we're very proud of you despite what some of the mouthpieces are saying out there. >> they just like each other so much. ted cruz joined leviny after the senate deal and was met with praise. mark leviny is so proud that the country just blew $24 billion. if he thinks that's a good deal, he can keep on pretending. mine was earned orbiting the moon in 1971. afghanistan in 2009. on the u.s.s. saratoga in 1982. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. man: [ laug
mark levin has got the wrong guy. luckily he doesn't need to look too far to find who is responsible for organizing international harm to our nation. >> senator ted cruz, how are you, sir? >> mark, my friend, i'm doing great. it's great to be with you. >> we're very proud of you despite what some of the mouthpieces are saying out there. >> they just like each other so much. ted cruz joined leviny after the senate deal and was met with praise. mark leviny is so proud that...
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senator levin wrote some very practical language into the act that would have allowed us to completely close it as you've pointed out. we'll be able to have simpler rules to move those detainees that have been languishing for some cases up to ten years. and get them back to their country of orgin. he was joined by senator mccain. we have representative at the white house to make this happen and now is the time in history that we can make this happen. >> to hear your describe it as a blob on our history -- never should have existed. >> there was a number of reasons. every service, every officer in every branch of the service takes an oath to support and defend the constitution of the united states. it's my belief that the constitution does not end at the water's edge and that as a nation, we have to walk the walk not just talk the talk. >> do you think that if the political steps and the lodgistic steps were taken to shut it down that could happen over the course of the next year or so, do you think they would be resistant within the military? do you think that having seen so many membe
senator levin wrote some very practical language into the act that would have allowed us to completely close it as you've pointed out. we'll be able to have simpler rules to move those detainees that have been languishing for some cases up to ten years. and get them back to their country of orgin. he was joined by senator mccain. we have representative at the white house to make this happen and now is the time in history that we can make this happen. >> to hear your describe it as a blob...
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there was a bill introduced by the ranking member of the ways and means committee in the house, sandy levin, that called for this legislation. the speaker was going to bring it up to kill it, but he couldn't kill it, and then we moved to plan bsm"b," the debac of all debacles. it's the other of all debacles. that was brought up in an effort to send us something. he couldn't even pass it among the republicans it was so absurd. he, meaning the speaker. so it's very clear now, mr. president, that the speaker's number one goal is to get elected speaker on january 3rd. the house is not even here. he's told me he'll give them two days to get back here, 48 hours, not two days, 48 hours. they don't even have enough of the leadership here to meet to talk about it. they've done it with conference calls. people are spread all over this country because the speaker basically is waiting for january 3rd. now, the president campaigned on raising taxes on people making more than $250,000 a year. the bush era tax cuts will expire at the end of this year. obama was elected with a surplus of about 3 million vo
there was a bill introduced by the ranking member of the ways and means committee in the house, sandy levin, that called for this legislation. the speaker was going to bring it up to kill it, but he couldn't kill it, and then we moved to plan bsm"b," the debac of all debacles. it's the other of all debacles. that was brought up in an effort to send us something. he couldn't even pass it among the republicans it was so absurd. he, meaning the speaker. so it's very clear now, mr....
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joining us now is ezra levin. co-founder of indivisible. mr. levin, it's nice to see you. thank you for making time. >> great to be here, rachel. >> what do you think is going to happen tomorrow? >> i think we're going to see us get off to the races tomorrow. look, we are not headed towards a brick wall. we're headed towards a little bit of a speed bump, but this is all part of the plan. so, we've got to put tomorrow in context. there were several steps to this dance of legislation coming up. first the for the people act had to pass the house. it did that. then it had to go through the senate process, go through the committee process, go through markup, go through vote. it's done all that. now, the next step in this process is we have to debate whether there will be a debate. that is what the vote is tomorrow. the vote tomorrow is not the for the people act. the vote is should the senate consider the for the people act. this is what we're sure is going to happen. mitch mcconnell and the entirety of the republican caucus is going to say, nope, we don't want to debate voting
joining us now is ezra levin. co-founder of indivisible. mr. levin, it's nice to see you. thank you for making time. >> great to be here, rachel. >> what do you think is going to happen tomorrow? >> i think we're going to see us get off to the races tomorrow. look, we are not headed towards a brick wall. we're headed towards a little bit of a speed bump, but this is all part of the plan. so, we've got to put tomorrow in context. there were several steps to this dance of...
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they're afraid of marc levin and guys like that in the talk radio circuits that will beat them up and get people riled up and i think that's the problem that they have. >> you know you that how you know that's true. every time they offend limbaugh they buck sxl apologize within hours. >> immediately. and i think the fear that boehner has to have right now is he's going to get in a situation in the next couple of weeks is he's going to have to make a deal with democrats to do a debt ceiling bill and budget situation and that's going to blow all this up. how do you get somebody to replace boehner on a long-term basis or even a short-term stopgap basis which they're talking about now? i don't see how they're going to do p t. >> you work for the paper that covers the united states government. do we have a governing party anymore? are they into government that party or are will they let democrats run the show? >> clearly there's a large faction in the house right now that doesn't want to govern in the way that -- >> debt ceiling bills. >> they don't want business as usual. and they say it
they're afraid of marc levin and guys like that in the talk radio circuits that will beat them up and get people riled up and i think that's the problem that they have. >> you know you that how you know that's true. every time they offend limbaugh they buck sxl apologize within hours. >> immediately. and i think the fear that boehner has to have right now is he's going to get in a situation in the next couple of weeks is he's going to have to make a deal with democrats to do a debt...
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rachel levine. admiral levine, we're so glad to have you on the show. thank you very much for your perspective. we really hope to have you back. >> my pleasure. thank you. pleased to be back. >> so in other news, new comments today from the man who's arguably the most powerful republican on capitol hill right now and the one who might want to be. both talking about just who should be in charge if the gop were to take back control of the senate come november. we've been reporting on and watching for weeks this sort of simmering fight, simmering debate happening a little bit publicly between mitch mcconnell and senator rick scott of florida. remember, it started back when senator scott, who's in charge of electing more republicans in the midterm, put out an 11-point rescue america plan, something that was almost immediately criticized by mcconnell and other top republicans for its tax policy. but folks who watch the hill saw this as maybe an indication scott could be looking at a challenge to mcconnell's leadership. senator mcconnell, though, not shying a
rachel levine. admiral levine, we're so glad to have you on the show. thank you very much for your perspective. we really hope to have you back. >> my pleasure. thank you. pleased to be back. >> so in other news, new comments today from the man who's arguably the most powerful republican on capitol hill right now and the one who might want to be. both talking about just who should be in charge if the gop were to take back control of the senate come november. we've been reporting on...
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he is saying this on mark levine's show. there is a hater anyway. but he is on there trashing what he claims to be a member of. i think he has joe mccarthy tendencies. he is all about indicting everyone around him as some sort of traitor. >> there is a profound dramatic divide within congressman latourette's party that ted cruz and others are trying to make even more profound and more dramatic. it's between those who want to disrupt and blow up the government and those who want to work within the system towards conservative ends. and ted cruz and his comrades will not be satisfied. they remind me of the old stalinists that they see the real threat not from nancy pelosi and the progressives. the real threat is people on their side who aren't as pure, who are competing with the same base for votes and support. so they're turning against their own. and you have the senate conservative fund coming out against boehner. now they're turning out against mcconnell. >> so the real enemy is mcconnell, but it may also be rand paul. here is another point of view
he is saying this on mark levine's show. there is a hater anyway. but he is on there trashing what he claims to be a member of. i think he has joe mccarthy tendencies. he is all about indicting everyone around him as some sort of traitor. >> there is a profound dramatic divide within congressman latourette's party that ted cruz and others are trying to make even more profound and more dramatic. it's between those who want to disrupt and blow up the government and those who want to work...
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and very recently, principal authors of the law, harkin and levin and miller and waxman, wrote a long piece in "the washington post" saying, no way we intended the law to work the way these guys climb it does. we intended those subsidies to be in there whether states opted into obamacare or not. and so i am a little more worried about the supreme court than joan is, i surely hope she's right. but the fact that they took it suggests there were already four votes on that court who want to throw it out, because they didn't have to take this case. and most of the judges who ruled on it said, there's no way you can read the law the way this lawsuit from the conservatives claims you want to. so i'd hate to see conservative judges usurp the democratic system and the congress wouldn't even have to repeal it, because this would make a mess of the law. >> joan, you know, there was the meeting today that we showed of the president meeting with congressional leaders, saying that people want to see the gridlock broke, and see people come together in some bipartisan way on things that will help ame
and very recently, principal authors of the law, harkin and levin and miller and waxman, wrote a long piece in "the washington post" saying, no way we intended the law to work the way these guys climb it does. we intended those subsidies to be in there whether states opted into obamacare or not. and so i am a little more worried about the supreme court than joan is, i surely hope she's right. but the fact that they took it suggests there were already four votes on that court who want...
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but are not on board with you yet include senator barbara boxer, dianne feinstein, pat leahy, carl levin, max baucus and depending on how you pars the statement, senator jack reed. why are your colleagues holding back and what are you doing to push them on this issue? >> recognize, this is an institution, the senate, that rarely changes its rules. so folks have been here often for very long time saying, well, we can always make a gentleman's agreement to make this place work. we score the social contrast. that would be ideal and certainly if these rules worked in the past why can't they work today. so there are folks reluctant to change them saying the better thing is to restore the social contrast. quite frankly, we've tried that. the minority leader and the democratic leader worked out a gentleman's agreement two years ago. it failed utterly. it's just clear, we're not in the same world. >> sir, how do you define failure? >> well, we failed in the sense that it was supposed to eliminate these huge number of filibusters and allow us to get an agenda on the floor. no longer have the bloc
but are not on board with you yet include senator barbara boxer, dianne feinstein, pat leahy, carl levin, max baucus and depending on how you pars the statement, senator jack reed. why are your colleagues holding back and what are you doing to push them on this issue? >> recognize, this is an institution, the senate, that rarely changes its rules. so folks have been here often for very long time saying, well, we can always make a gentleman's agreement to make this place work. we score the...
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using robert gibbs in their ad and this week ted cruz actually dropped your name while on the mark levin radio show. take a listen to this. >> there is so much widespread agreement that this thing is a train wreck. you've got wolf blitzer on cnn saying the president should delay this for a year. you've got ezra klein coming out in the "washington post" saying the president should delay it for a year. >> so ezra, what's it feel like to be part of that group of people who shut down the government and almost led us to a default? they think you're part of the same crowd. >> my good friend, ted cruz. i was surprised to hear that, that i had written that. because i had not written that. look, this is -- >> what are you suggesting, that he invented those comments? >> this is the interesting thing, i think, about -- there was another republican congressman who told the daily beast i agreed that obama care is the single biggest threat to the economy. the thing is, it's so apocalypt apocalyptic, it can't possibly be good enough -- it can't actually even be a story that it's not working well. the v
using robert gibbs in their ad and this week ted cruz actually dropped your name while on the mark levin radio show. take a listen to this. >> there is so much widespread agreement that this thing is a train wreck. you've got wolf blitzer on cnn saying the president should delay this for a year. you've got ezra klein coming out in the "washington post" saying the president should delay it for a year. >> so ezra, what's it feel like to be part of that group of people who...
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carl levin, the democratic senator and chair of the armed services committee said automatic cuts to government spending could impact public safety. >> i think you should be worried if you have a defense job and we all ought to be worried whether we are dependent upon other aspects of the federal budget. whether we're worried about the regulation of our food safety, whether we're worried about our borders being secure, whether we're worried about fbi being supported, it's all affected by sequestration. >> joining me now, cnbc washington reporter eamon javers. you heard the numbers we just ran down. what is the short-term tangible consequence if we don't get action on the fiscal cliff. >> cote is right, it does cause uncertainly. life is uncertain and so they know that there's going to be this issue and that washington is going to wrestle with it. in the short term, the very short term, i think actually some of the hype around the fiscal cliff is a little overblown, particularly because the first couple of days or week or so after we go over the fiscal cliff we won't see all that many impacts. a
carl levin, the democratic senator and chair of the armed services committee said automatic cuts to government spending could impact public safety. >> i think you should be worried if you have a defense job and we all ought to be worried whether we are dependent upon other aspects of the federal budget. whether we're worried about the regulation of our food safety, whether we're worried about our borders being secure, whether we're worried about fbi being supported, it's all affected by...
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there's michigan senator carl levin getting set to make opening remarks. let's listen in for just a bit. >> on the threat posed by the islamic state of iraq, known as isis or isil, and on the president's strategy for addressing this threat, secretary hagel and general dempsey, we welcome you both. we look forward to your testimony. isis has terrorized the iraqi and syrian people. engaging in kidnappings, killings,s p s pepersecutions o religious minorities and attacking schools, hospitals and cultural sites. isis has brought home its barbaridy with the brutal beheading of american journalists, while isis is currently focused on building an islamic caliphate in the middle east, it's hostile, not only to the region but the world. and there's real risk the area it controls could be a launching pad for future terrorist attacks in the united states and our allies. this threat is amplified by foreign fighters who travel from western countries to join with isis and then return to their countries of origin with advance training and isis experience. i recently retu
there's michigan senator carl levin getting set to make opening remarks. let's listen in for just a bit. >> on the threat posed by the islamic state of iraq, known as isis or isil, and on the president's strategy for addressing this threat, secretary hagel and general dempsey, we welcome you both. we look forward to your testimony. isis has terrorized the iraqi and syrian people. engaging in kidnappings, killings,s p s pepersecutions o religious minorities and attacking schools, hospitals...
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conservative radio mark levine interviewed mcdaniel and this is what he had to say. >> could you have imagined how corrupt the prubl establishment is and the race baiting and nasty tactics used against you? did you accept that? >> these are people that talk about party unity and party cohesion. how we are supposed to stick together. they did the most despicable things to me and those around me that i have seen. >> joe scarborough of "morning joe" had a different take. >> these people were my children, i would be laughing at them calling them the biggest whiners. >> they cheated. >> no. they didn't. they followed the rules. they followed the law. you lost. they were smarter than mcdaniel. as laura ingram said, mcdaniel ran a tea party race in an open primary. that's stupid. if you are too stupid to win an election don't whine and say the other side cheated. >> i want to get back to the point about the future for the tea party movement in mississippi and a candidate like mcdaniel. you are saying you would rather have a democrat win this thing in the fall than have your candidate. you ar
conservative radio mark levine interviewed mcdaniel and this is what he had to say. >> could you have imagined how corrupt the prubl establishment is and the race baiting and nasty tactics used against you? did you accept that? >> these are people that talk about party unity and party cohesion. how we are supposed to stick together. they did the most despicable things to me and those around me that i have seen. >> joe scarborough of "morning joe" had a different...
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michigan's carl levin said he will step down in 2014, announcing he could best serve his country by "doing my job without the distraction of campaigning for re-election." right now democrats hold a 55-45 edge in the senate, including the two independents who caucused with democrats, but liven is already the fourth open seat democrats will need to defend later this month. south dakota's tim johnson is expected to announce that he, too, will retire. so far just two republican senators, georgia's saxby chambliss and mike johanns have said they will not seek re-election. with democratic seats vacating, are senate republicans streamlining the message and laying the ground work for a unified front in the upper chamber? >> mr. paul wants to be taken seriously, then he needs to do more than pull political stunts and fire up impressionable libertarian kids in their college dorms. he needs to know what he is talking about. >> to my republican colleagues, i don't remember any of you coming down here suggesting that president bush was going to kill anybody with a drone. >> unity? not so much. thi
michigan's carl levin said he will step down in 2014, announcing he could best serve his country by "doing my job without the distraction of campaigning for re-election." right now democrats hold a 55-45 edge in the senate, including the two independents who caucused with democrats, but liven is already the fourth open seat democrats will need to defend later this month. south dakota's tim johnson is expected to announce that he, too, will retire. so far just two republican senators,...
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. >> susie levine put a new twist on an old tradition. she is the first to take an oath over an electronic device. she was sworn in with an e-reader preloaded with a copy of the u.s. constitution. does that count? i guess it does. >>> in navy tradition, mrs. obama's initials are being welded to a new submarine. she attended a ceremony to commemorate the structure on the future uss illinois. >>> seattle's city council has voted to raise the minimum to $15 an hour. the highest in the nation. the increase will take place over several years for most employees based on their employer. >>> a republican candidate running for congress in arizona is drawing attention for changing his name. according to the arizona capitol times, scott this ler paid to change his name to caesar chavez. and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> joining me in studio, columnist and analyst ellis heniken. that is your real name. >> feel free to call my cesar chavez. >> speaking of names, there's been a lot of criticism over bowe bergdahl. and now hillary
. >> susie levine put a new twist on an old tradition. she is the first to take an oath over an electronic device. she was sworn in with an e-reader preloaded with a copy of the u.s. constitution. does that count? i guess it does. >>> in navy tradition, mrs. obama's initials are being welded to a new submarine. she attended a ceremony to commemorate the structure on the future uss illinois. >>> seattle's city council has voted to raise the minimum to $15 an hour. the...
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three senators including karl levin broke with democrats to vote against the change. in an unscheduled visit to the white house briefing room, president obama argued that the move was necessary to break an unprecedented level of gridlock. >> the vote today is an indication that senators believe as i believe that enough is enough. what's at stake is not my ability to fulfill my constitutional duty. what's at stake is the ability of any president to fulfill his or her constitutional duty. >> the senate fight has been mostly over the president's picks for federal judgeships as republicans fear. these appointments will tip the balance in the courts away from the gop, particularly in the d.c. circuit. while democrats have a 55-45 majority, the 45 republicans can hold up and stop any presidential appointment they choose. things have escalated in the past few weeks after republicans successfully blocked three nominees to the d.c. circuit. this is the country's second highest court. they hear a lot of challenges to regulations made by the federal government. pretty important
three senators including karl levin broke with democrats to vote against the change. in an unscheduled visit to the white house briefing room, president obama argued that the move was necessary to break an unprecedented level of gridlock. >> the vote today is an indication that senators believe as i believe that enough is enough. what's at stake is not my ability to fulfill my constitutional duty. what's at stake is the ability of any president to fulfill his or her constitutional duty....
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also with us, democratic congressman andy levin of michigan. he's a member of the house foreign affairs committee. he was also in the room today during william taylor's deposition. and with us is evelyn farkas. former secretary of defense in the obama administration. she served on the staff of the senate armed services committee for seven years and she also served on the staff of the house foreign affairs committee. she's an msnbc national security analyst. and we are going to break with protocol tonight because as in congressional hearings, we usually go by congressional seniority here, but i want to start with the freshman. i want to start with representative andy levin because you said today when we were just a couple hours into this testimony that this was your -- how did you put it? your worst day so far in service in the house? >> i think the most disturbing day, lawrence, i think is what i said. >> and what was it that you were hearing that left you with that? >> well, i am really intent on honoring our process, and i think it's a proces
also with us, democratic congressman andy levin of michigan. he's a member of the house foreign affairs committee. he was also in the room today during william taylor's deposition. and with us is evelyn farkas. former secretary of defense in the obama administration. she served on the staff of the senate armed services committee for seven years and she also served on the staff of the house foreign affairs committee. she's an msnbc national security analyst. and we are going to break with...
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plus, democratic congressman from michigan, sandy levin, and politico's roger simon takes a look at the ron paul phenomenon. wel see you for those stories and more on "andrea mitchell reports," at the top of the hour. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can help you get there, like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while...
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joining us tonight is ezra levin. he's a co-founder of the group indivisible, helping folks to organize all across the country. they've taken point in as best they can when it comes to the health care bill. mr. levin thank you for joining us on short notice tonight. i appreciate you taking the call. >> thanks for calling me. >> you've heard my take on why this is big news tonight and where i think this comes from. as somebody who has been, really, involved as these indivisible groups across the country have mobilized so aggressively on this, are you seeing this tonight as a victory? are you cautious in viewing what's happening here? do you think you've won? >> so this is absolutely a win. i think the way you framed it was absolutely right. that change is coming to washington. it is not starting in washington. we are, as of thursday, six months into the trump presidency. there's a unified conservative republican government, the likes of which we have not seen in over a decade. and yet they have yet to pass a single sig
joining us tonight is ezra levin. he's a co-founder of the group indivisible, helping folks to organize all across the country. they've taken point in as best they can when it comes to the health care bill. mr. levin thank you for joining us on short notice tonight. i appreciate you taking the call. >> thanks for calling me. >> you've heard my take on why this is big news tonight and where i think this comes from. as somebody who has been, really, involved as these indivisible...
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and ezra levin is with us. he helped force the issue of health care to the forefront of last year's congressional campaigns. he was a major strategist of that. he is the executive director of the indivisible project. they are both joining us now. professor goolsbee, strangely the national debt is the only thing that donald trump is building in his presidency. >> yeah. look, he's building up some other debts, too, but the thing that's hard to wrap your head around is if you take the tax cut, it's even bigger than $1.5 trillion. that was the official price tag, but now we see it's more than $2 trillion, okay? so if you have something like 50,000 -- >> austan, let me just stop you on that. so you're saying that the original estimate when the cut was being legislated was about $1.5 trillion, but now in actual practice, which often happens, they're discovering the prediction was off. its bigger than that? >> yeah, and, look, they rushed it through without a score because they knew perfectly well it was going to get
and ezra levin is with us. he helped force the issue of health care to the forefront of last year's congressional campaigns. he was a major strategist of that. he is the executive director of the indivisible project. they are both joining us now. professor goolsbee, strangely the national debt is the only thing that donald trump is building in his presidency. >> yeah. look, he's building up some other debts, too, but the thing that's hard to wrap your head around is if you take the tax...
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now, the hill quotes your colleague, congressman sandy levin, saying that the exclusion of the employment benefits risks the whole bill and his vote, basically. this morning we have paul ryan saying that they didn't take the request to include unemployment insurance very seriously because it was last minute with no offsets. and he added that they would entertain a proposal from the president that would then include those offsets. so explain what happens next here. >> well, we're going to have a vote sometime today. and many people are formulating exactly what they want to do. i mean, on the one hand, we don't want to have another shutdown. on the other hand, you know, we have literally over a million americans who risk losing any kind of sustenance who are unemployed through no fault of their own. and historically when the unemployment rate is 7% or above, we have not required an offset for unemployment insurance assistance. so the fact that this is the talking point of the republicans is anhistorical. >> this is supposed to be bipartisan. >> the fact is -- i'm not going to sit here and c
now, the hill quotes your colleague, congressman sandy levin, saying that the exclusion of the employment benefits risks the whole bill and his vote, basically. this morning we have paul ryan saying that they didn't take the request to include unemployment insurance very seriously because it was last minute with no offsets. and he added that they would entertain a proposal from the president that would then include those offsets. so explain what happens next here. >> well, we're going to...
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. >> joining our discussion now, ezra levin, executive director of the indivisible project. and ruth marcus is back with us. and ruth, to what senator collins just said there, should she be satisfied if she hears judge kavanaugh say that he believes roe versus wade is settled precedent? >> no. and to quote or somewhat quote bill clinton it somewhat depends on what the meaning of settled is. senator collins was saying last week or the week before that she didn't think justice gorsuch would vote to overrule roe. that was just after justice gorsuch had voted in a 5-4 majority to overrule another 40-plus-year-old precedent. so the wavering senators, and i suspect as they waver they will either -- they will stick together and we'll either see most likely the two of them voting to confirm judge kavanaugh or they'll defect together, not one peeling off and the other one going the other way. but they will hear in what judge kavanaugh says kind of what they want to hear because every nominee gets before the judiciary committee and talks about their respect for precedent and ticks thr
. >> joining our discussion now, ezra levin, executive director of the indivisible project. and ruth marcus is back with us. and ruth, to what senator collins just said there, should she be satisfied if she hears judge kavanaugh say that he believes roe versus wade is settled precedent? >> no. and to quote or somewhat quote bill clinton it somewhat depends on what the meaning of settled is. senator collins was saying last week or the week before that she didn't think justice gorsuch...
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we're going to ask congressman mike levin about the climate crisis. also want to know where the future of the republican party is headed? all you've got to do is look at that controversial abortion ban in texas. it is a warning. let's get started. >>> so we are following new developments in the battle to get to the bottom of what happened on january the 6th. the house select committee investigating the riot at the capitol is threatening to slap steve bannon with a criminal contempt referral if he doesn't comply with the requests to hand over documents. his lawyer said he won't cooperate. plus, the white house is shutting down the former president's attempts to withhold documents about that day, but we begin tonight with chilling details of how close our democracy came to collapsing. how a mad president trying to overthrow the results of the election and the will of the american people. it is a plot that might have succeeded if not for the courage of a handful of people in the justice department. a 394-page report released thursday by the senate judici
we're going to ask congressman mike levin about the climate crisis. also want to know where the future of the republican party is headed? all you've got to do is look at that controversial abortion ban in texas. it is a warning. let's get started. >>> so we are following new developments in the battle to get to the bottom of what happened on january the 6th. the house select committee investigating the riot at the capitol is threatening to slap steve bannon with a criminal contempt...
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i love seeing that. >> ezra levin, thanks for talking to us tonight. it's a big busy night with the breaking news. >> tomorrow is a big busy day, a national day of action. keep this pressure on and we'll kill this bill. >> magain the republican effort to repeal obamacare appears to have fallen apart. as you heard ezra levin say, a cofounder of a group nationwide organizing efforts that's really been trying to stop the republican effort to repeal obamacare. you heard him say this is not over. kraushsly optimistic. but four republican senators saying they'll vote no is enough to kill it. i for one was not expecting this development tonight. we'll talk the one of the democratic senators on the democrat side of the bill to get his perspective on how final this victory is. senator chris murphy from connecticut is going to join us live next. stay with us. boost. it's about moving forward, not back. it's looking up, not down. it's being in motion. in body, in spirit, in the now. boost® high protein it's intelligent nutrition with 15 grams of protein and 26 v
i love seeing that. >> ezra levin, thanks for talking to us tonight. it's a big busy night with the breaking news. >> tomorrow is a big busy day, a national day of action. keep this pressure on and we'll kill this bill. >> magain the republican effort to repeal obamacare appears to have fallen apart. as you heard ezra levin say, a cofounder of a group nationwide organizing efforts that's really been trying to stop the republican effort to repeal obamacare. you heard him say...
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and we are joined now by phone by ezra levine, he is the co-executive director of indevisible. i saw you discussing this last night with rachel maddow. we don't have cameras everywhere. what are some of the other places we should know about tonight? >> lawrence, it's incredible. there is a literal snowstorm rolling across the united states, and exact same time there's a storm of restless energy in literally every single state in the nation from alaska to florida to texas to maine. you discovered some of them, but there are a dozen events spread throughout arizona. this is in ajo at well and there are eight events spread across iowa, a dozen across maine. we have a thousand people showing up in louisville, kentucky. the group leader said hey that's a thousand more for the election next year. it's much bigger than that. this is in red states, this is in urban areas and rural areas. this is all over the country and people showing up in numbers that we just have not seen for a while saying that they want to see their representatives and senators hold this administration accountable
and we are joined now by phone by ezra levine, he is the co-executive director of indevisible. i saw you discussing this last night with rachel maddow. we don't have cameras everywhere. what are some of the other places we should know about tonight? >> lawrence, it's incredible. there is a literal snowstorm rolling across the united states, and exact same time there's a storm of restless energy in literally every single state in the nation from alaska to florida to texas to maine. you...